Music-leaf or book-page holder and turner



Feb. 5, 1929. 1,701,109

T. G. HIGHT MUSIC LEAF OR BOOK PAGE HOLDER AND TURNER Fileg March 24, 1926 Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS GEORGE HIGHT, OF HUKERUNUI, NEW ZEALAND.

MUSIC-LEAF OR BOOK-PAGE HOLDER AND TURNER.

Application filed March 24, 1926, Serial No. 97,102, and in New Zealand August 17, 1925.

This invention relates to music sheet or book holders and turners, and has for its object the provision for the aforesaid purpose of an improved form of holder and turner, capable of being used on a pia-no or like instrument or on a music stand, and adapted to deal with sheets of music either bound into book form or used loosely.

The device provided by this invention comprises a backboard provided up its vertical centre with means for holding to the board a book of music, or a loose sheet or sheets of music, said backboard having pivoted thereto near. the bottom of its vertical centre, a number of horizontal arms each provided with a clip for gripping a sheet of music, and also with an operating lever by means of which the arm and the sheet gripped in the clip thereof, may be swung from one side of the vertical centre of the board, to the other side thereof.

The book or a sheet or sheets, can be held to the board by a spring wire pivoted to the board at the top of the vertical centre thereof and capable of being moved to either side of the board, or by a pair of vertical bars one at each side of the boards centre, one of said bars being movable to and from the other bar, to enable a book of music, or sheets to be gripped and released as desired.

Means are also provided for securing to the board sheets or books of music, not at the time, being used.

1n the accompanying drawing in conjunction with which the invention will be more particularly described- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved holder and turner,

Figure 2 is a sectional plan view thereof on the line l, ---A, Figure 1, while,

Figure 3 is a detail 'view in sectional elevation of the mounting for the horizontal turning arms, and

Figure d is a sectional plan view thereof,

Figure 5 is a detail view in side elevation of a clip used on a turning arm,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of an attachment to the spring wire for holding book or sheet music against the backboard and,

Figure 7 is a plan view of the mounting for the turning arms.

The improved device comprises a back inst wiiieh a book, or one or more isfc can be posiiienP-d, 4said board 1 being adapted to be supported on the usual music rest of a piano or a stand.

The back board 1 has projecting forward from near its lower edge, a rest or platform 2 on which a book or a sheet or sheets of music is adapted to rest.

When the music used is in the form of a bound book the latter is supported on the shelf or platform 2 and reclines against the back board 1, and is held thereagainst, by a spring wire 3 which normally presses against the board 1 and is pivoted at 4 to the top centre thereof so as to be capable of being swung to either side of said board 1.

Vhen not required to be used the wire 3 is moved to one side of the board 1 and engaged in a catch 5 as shown in Figure 1. Then required however the wire 3 is disengaged from the catch 5 and is moved about its pivot to a vertical position in front of the book of music, and so as to pass down the centre of the latter between the pages, and press the book against the back board 1.

This Wire 3 can also be utilized to secure a card or single sheet of music such as is used by bandsmen, on the board 1, in which case a flat bar member 6 provided with a sleeve 6 is passed on the outer end of the wire 3 at right angles thereto and is adapted to press the card or sheet of music against the back board 1.

The bar member 6 being slidable on the wire 3, it can be positioned against the card or sheet of music so as not to obscure anything printed thereon.

VVhen not in use the bar member 6 is removed from the wire 3 and is held in a bracket 7 at one side of the board 1.

Means for holding sheet or loose leaf music on the back board 1 so that the leaves of said music can be turned as if they were bound in book form, comprise a vertical bar 8 a fixture to said backboard 1 near the vertical centre thereof, and another vertical bar 9 held in horizontal guides 10 and capable of being moved either towards or away from the bar 9 under the action of a cam 11 and lever 115| or a spring 12 respectively.

The spring 12 is located at the back of the board 1 and is secured at one end thereto, the other end of said spring being attached to a pin 13 projecting from the bar through, and operable in a horizontal slot 14: in the board 1.-

' The back 'edges of the sheets "5' bieb.r

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are to be held in the device are inserted between the vertical bars 8 and 9 and the cam leverl 11a is operated to cause the cam 11 to force the bar 9 towards the fixed bar 8 and clamp the sheets of music between the said bars 8 and 9. As the sheets of music are held only by their back edges they can be turned as though they were bound in bool( form. Upon the pressure of 'the cani 11 against the bar 9 being released the latter n'ioves under the action of the spring 12 away from the bar 8.

A plurality of horizontal arms 15 pivoted near the centre of the lower edge of the back boaid 1 have mounted thereon spring clips 16 each of which is adapted to receive and grip the lower outer corner of a sheet of music held between the bars 8 and 9, whether in bound book form or as one of a number of single sheets held between said bars 8 and 9.

The outer ends of the arms 15 are bent and returned inwards as shown in Figure 1 to provide parallel portions on which the clips 16 are slidable to provide for adjustment for sheets of different widths, the lower inembers 22 of the pairs of parallel portions providing the pivots between the members comprising the spring clips 16 (Figure 5) the latter being of usual construction except that the back member of each clip 16 is provided with a lug 16a which passes on the upper portion of an arm 15 to prevent the clip 16 from rocking thereon. f

vWith a number of clips 16 fitted as described and illust-rated, and bearing against each other as shown in Figures 1 and 2, it is possible to open the upper ends of all of the clips 16 simultaneously, in readiness to receive the corners of sheets by simply pressing against the lower end of the outer member of the front clip 16.

At their inner ends the arms 15 are bent or turned downwards, the verticalportions of said ends being inserted in recesses 17 a formed in the peripheries of upper and lower horizoiital flanges 17b on the ends of a. vertical tubular member 17 which is turnable on a vertical pin 18 secured between the rest or platform 2, and a forwardly projecting bracket 19 located beneath said rest or platform 2. I

A sleeve 2O passed over the iianges 17 of the tubularA member 17 is adapted to retain the vertical portions of the inner ends of the arms 15 in their respective recesses 17a so that said arms 15 are capable'of pivotal or turning movement through a horizontal plane about their vertical portions held in the recesses 17a.

The sleeve Q0 is held in position over the flanges 17b of the tubular member 17 by a horizontal extension 20a of the periphery of the lower flange 17b providing a support on which the lower edge' of the sleeve 2O rests. The lower edge of the latter preferably being recessed at 20b to receive the extension 20 so that said sleeve will pass on the peiipheries of said flanges 17h and retain the vertical portions of the arms 15 in the recesses 17a provided therein.

The method of swinging the arms 15 is such that each arm is pivoted in the flanges 17'D of the tubular member 17, the latter being itself turnable on the pin 18. As arms 15 are turned over or transferred from one side of the device to Vthe other side thereof the member 17 gradually turns on the pin 18 and prevents binding or bulging of said arms 15 and thereby enabling the latter and the leaves to lie flat against the board 1.

The vertical portions of the arm 15 extend below the lower ends of the sleeve 20 and are bent bacl to the horizontal to form short levers 15a by means of which each of the arms 15 can be given movement through a horizontal plane about its pivotal point to bring the clip 16 on its outer end from one side of the centre of the back board 1 to the other side thereof when required, thereby enabling a sheet of music gripped by said `clip 16 to be turned in either direction as desired.

Pages or sheets of music not being used can be held on the holder, but are not attached to any of the clips 16, said sheets being passed behind clips or projections 21 on the back board 1 to hold them out of the way, and to prevent their being turned by adhesion to sheets attached to clips 16 on said last mentioned sheets being turned.

l/Vhat I do claim and ydesire to Vobtain by Letters Patent of the United States of America is 1. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a back rest, means for securing sheets of music thereto, a vertically extending pin at the lower vertical center of said back rest, a revolvable member on said pin, a plurality of horizontally extending leaf turningl arms each pivoted in said member, the outer end of each arm is doubled and a slidable clip thereon adapted to grip a sheet, an apertured lug on the back member of said clip, the lower part of said doubled portion providing the pivot between the two members of the clip while the upper part of said doubled portion passes through the aperture of the lug on the back member of said clip, substaiitially as described and illustrated.

2. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a back rest, a vertically extending pin at the lower vertical center of said back rest, a revolvable member mounted adjacent said bacl rest on said pin and movable about -a vertical axis, spaced flanges on said membei', peripheral recesses therein, a plurality of horizontally extending leaf turning arms each having a vertical portion pivotally received in said recesses respectively, and a removable sleeve extending about said inember, said sleeve having a recess for receiving an extent-ion on one of the flanges of said member.

3. A music leaf turner comprising a back rest, a revolvable member mounted adjacent said rest and movable about a vertical axis, spaced flanges on said member, peripheral recesses therein, a plurality of horizontally extending leaf-turning arms each having a lateral extension pivotally receivable in said recesses, and removable means extending about said member and co-operating With said flanges for retaining said leaf turning arms in position thereon.

4. A music leaf turner comprising a back rest, a member revolvable about a vertical axis and mounted adjacent said rest, spaced flanges on said member having peripheral recesses therein, a plurality of horizontally extending leaf-turning arms each having lateral extensions pivotally receivable in said recesses and removable means extending about said member and cooperating with said flanges for retaining said arms in position in said recesses, the ends of said lateral extensions of said arms being extended outwardly at an angle thereto to provide operating handles.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

THOMAS GEORGE HIGHT. 

